Multifunctionality in Agriculture
Evaluating the degree of jointness, policy implications

These proceedings examine the nature and strength of jointness between agricultural commodity production and non-commodity outputs from the perspective of three areas important to the agricultural sector: rural development, environmental externalities and food security. This workshop also examined whether the relationships among these non-commodity outputs were complementary or competing. Finally, the policy implications that could be derived from the findings of this workshop were also a key element in the discussions and are summarised in the Rapporteur’s summary.
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Multifunctionality in Agriculture
Evaluating the Degree of Jointness, Policy Implications
The primary function of agriculture is to supply commodity outputs such as food, fibre and other raw materials. However, agriculture can also be a source of several noncommodity outputs (NCOs) that are jointly produced with commodity outputs and that exhibit the characteristics of public goods or externalities. The term multifunctionality refers to this nexus between commodity and non-commodity output production in agriculture.
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